Data under Directive 85/2011 of the EU - 2025

Non-performing loans of the ‘General Government’ Institutional Sector

In 2025, the non-performing loans of the 'General government' sector increased to EUR 16.6 million/BGN 32.59 million compared to EUR 16.65 million/BGN 32.57 million in 2024. The share of non-performing loans amounted to 0.01% of Gross domestic product (GDP).

According to the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA) 2010, sector ‘General government’ consist of three sub-sectors: ‘Central government’, ‘Local government’ and ‘Social security funds’. The data are published under the requirements of Directive 85/2011 of the EU.

Participation of the government in the capital of corporations

In 2025, the participation of the government in the capital of corporations increased to 10.37% compared to 8.17% of the Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024. These data are derived from the annual reports of enterprises that NSI of Bulgaria collects on the basis of the Statistics Act for period 2013 - 2025. The enterprises are broken down by institutional sectors, according to the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA) 2010 into: sector S.11 ‘Non-financial enterprises’, sector S.12 ‘Financial enterprises’ and sector S.2 ‘Rest of the world’.

For the purposes of this publication, a government enterprise is an enterprise where the government participation in its capital is at least 50%.

Guaranteed Debt of the ‘General Government’ Institutional Sector

In 2025, the guaranteed debt of the ‘General government’ institutional sector increased amounting to EUR 624.5 million/BGN 1 221.5 million compared to EUR 545.8 million/BGN 1 067.6 million for 2024.

The data covers the period 2008 - 2025 and broken down by the sub-sectors of General government ‘Central government’ and ‘Local government’, as well as by individual and standardized guarantees.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs)

In 2025, annual data were published on total liabilities of public-private partnerships (PPPs) recorded off-balance sheet in the General Government sector. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are long-term contracts between two units - private or public corporation and a government unit. The corporation operates and manages the assets to produce and deliver services. PPPs are recorded off-balance sheet of General government and are not considered as economically owned by government at the time of reporting. The data include the General Government sector (S.13) and its subsectors.

For the period 2012 - 2025, there were no cases of public-private partnerships.